I’m trying to end my "Bush Period." I’m resentful about how much of my own time this misbegotten Administration has taken from my own life. I’ve been used to scanning the paper in the morning and watching the nightly news. But these guys are always on my mind. It shouldn’t be that way. But that […]
It’s really cold here in North Georgia [11º this morning]. We’re all shivering and building fires. A friend just told me a story. He got a call from a friend even further in the mountains than we are. Her pipes were frozen this morning. She just didn’t understand because she put a light in her […]
As a psychotherapist, I learned that even the most difficult of people came by their problems honestly. There are limits. I can’t find any point of empathy with murderers or rapists [but they don’t show up in therapists offices]. So it’sa been kind of discordant for me to be so frustrated with what Bush and […]
Bush’s speech marks the end of their legacy tour. It seems like there ought to be something profound to say, but the words elude me. I guess, from their perspective, they thought they were doing the right things. Their perception is that we were behind them for a while, and then we weren’t so much. […]
The Audacity of Hoops It’s a story in Sports Illustrated. Just read it, that’s all…
Boehner on stimulus: ‘Oh. My. God’ It’s on. The $825 billion stimulus package unveiled by Democrats this morning has Republicans literally speechless. “Oh. My. God,” said a stuttering Minority Leader John Boehner moments ago at a news conference. He was reacting after having just read the provisions outlined by Democrats today… The real reason I […]
I had the strangest sensation just now. I tried to watch Bush’s goodbye speech [I failed, leaving somewhere in the middle, not from anger but from boredom]. But while I was watching, I noticed that his voice didn’t quite sound right. At first, I thought it was because he was reading a speech from the […]
10 Take Aways From the Bush Years By Bob Woodward January 18, 2009 There’s actually a lot that President-elect Barack Obama can learn from the troubled presidency of George W. Bush. Over the past eight years, I have interviewed President Bush for nearly 11 hours, spent hundreds of hours with his administration’s key players and […]
I’m only slightly younger than these two characters. I don’t know if I ever have look on my face like that. I hope not. It seems like I’d know it if I did. Those are not the kind of faces I’d like to live inside of as an older man. Dick and Bernie are both […]
Cheney Tells Jim Lehrer Tonight: No Torture, Few Mistakes, Economy Not Our Fault By Greg Mitchell January 14, 2009 In an exit interview with PBS’s Jim Lehrer for the “NewsHour” airing tonight, Vice President Cheney repeats claims that Saddam Hussein worked with al-Qaeda. Asked if he made any mistakes in his eight years as V.P., […]